Croc Cage Diving at Cango

CANGO Wildlife Ranch in Oudtshoorn has launched a Croc Cage Diving experience. The activity is based on the same principle as shark cage diving. Visitors, 12 years and older, are lowered in a specially designed croc-proof cage into a clear heated crocodile pool inhabited by five four-metre Nile crocodiles. Divers dive with goggles and snorkels so that no scuba gear is required. Visitors are also rewarded with an underwater photograph of themselves surrounded by the crocodiles. Croc Cage Diving is part of the new Valley of Ancients development completed at the end of November. The new development incorporates a guided tour where guests are invited to experience a time when man and reptile lived on equal footing. Other features include Exotic Madagascar, Snapper Gorge and the Pygmy Village. The Ranch has embarked on a R10m revamp which will be phased in over the next five years. (Natalia Thomson) natalia@nowmedia.co.za